One Minute in Time

using onomatopoeia and The Cure to inspire a free-verse poem from your students

A song by The Cure is inspiring student writers to try new techniques with the traits of idea development and word choice.

By visiting this lesson's Teacher Instructions & Lesson Resources page, you will find even more samples that can be printed for your class to be used as discussion tools during the teaching of this lesson.

Your students can self-publish their writing to this lesson here.

Student Sample Being Sought: Upper Elementary

Student Sample: Middle School

11:15
by Jordan W., seventh grade poet

11:15 on a Friday night
And the wind pounds
On the window pane and I’m pacing ‘round the living room
And the wind howls
Owoo, owoo, owoo, owoo

Waiting
For the email she’ll send
I’m thinking about what she’s do-in
And I’m whining for yesterday
And the wind howls
Owooo, owoo, owoo, owoo

Every night it’s the same.

(Click here to view and print Jordan and one of his classmate's one-minute-in-time poems)

Student Sample Being Sought: High School

WritingFix is currently seeking a high school student's sample for this writing assignment. Teachers: if you can help us obtain up to three student samples, along with a digital photo of the students and a signed permission slips, we will send you either a complimentary copy of the Northern Nevada Writing Project's Secondary Writing Guide, or you may choose from any of our NNWP publications.

Write to us at publish@writingfix.com and use 'One Minute in Time' in your e-mail's subject line, if you have a student sample to share with us.